SRC-SEW C.S.H.B. 2262 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.H.B. 2262
77R15088 JMM-FBy: Danburg (Madla)
Intergovernmental Relations
5/8/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

C.S.H.B. 2262 modifies the requirements for membership on the Texas
Optometry Board by eliminating references to the Texas Optometric
Association, Inc., and the Texas Association of Optometrists, Inc.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Rulemaking authority previously granted to the Texas Optometry Board is
modified in SECTION 5 (Section 351.151, Occupations Code) of this bill.   

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 351.051(a), Occupations Code, to provide that
the Texas Optometry Board (board) consists of nine members appointed by the
governor with the advice and consent of the senate, with six (rather than
three) optometrists or therapeutic optometrists and three members who
represent the public.  Deletes text regarding the Texas Optometric
Association, Inc. and the Texas Association of Optometrists, Inc.   

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 351.052, Occupations Code, to delete existing
Subsection (b) and make nonsubstantive changes. 

SECTION 3.  Amends Section 351.054(a), Occupations Code, to make conforming
changes. 

SECTION 4.  Amends Section 351.055, Occupations Code, to delete existing
Subsection (b) and make nonsubstantive changes. 

SECTION 5.  Amends Section 351.151, Occupations Code, to authorize the
board by a majority vote of a quorum to adopt procedural and substantive
rules.  Deletes text regarding the condition that a majority of each of the
three groups represented on the board vote to adopt the rule.  Makes
nonsubstantive changes.   

SECTION 6.  Amends Section 351.152, Occupations Code, to make a conforming
change.  

SECTION 7.  Makes the change in law made by this Act prospective regarding
the appointment of a person as a member of the Texas Optometry Board on or
after the effective date of this Act.  Provides that the eligibility of a
person serving as a member of the Texas Optometry Board on the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
effective date of this Act and, unless removed as otherwise provided by
law, the person may continue to serve for the remainder of the person's
term.   

SECTION 8.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.